Royal Canadian Legion Owen Sound Ont. No. 6 Branch Poppy Fund
Charitable organization · Owen Sound, Ontario · BN 119128148RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($116,262) as filed with the CRA.
Royal Canadian Legion Owen Sound Ont. No. 6 Branch Poppy Fund is a charitable organization based in Owen Sound, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $84K in revenue and $116K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 56% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $477.
Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $30K in 2024, the largest being $24K to Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Command. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $56K in 2020 to $84K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Distribution of poppys and wreaths for remembrance day education of youth regarding wars and canada's role in the wars provide assistance to needy veterans in the form of financial assistance visitation of veterans donations to other charitable organizations
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $84K | $116K | — | — | $30K | $43K |
| 2023 | $46K | $74K | $41K | — | $41K | $75K |
| 2022 | $71K | $55K | $20K | $7,283 | $28K | $104K |
| 2021 | $27K | $7,645 | — | — | — | $87K |
| 2020 | $56K | $36K | — | — | $18K | $45K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $30K to 5 qualified donees:
- Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Command$24K
- District C Royal Canadian Legion Veterans Hospital Fund$4,500
- Hereos Mending on the Fly$1,000
- The Camp Tanamakoon Charitable Foundation Inc.$500
- Battle of the Atlantic Memorial$500
Received $477 from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Patricia Sargent-Gibson (president); Kathryn Wilson (poppy chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Royal Canadian Legion Owen Sound Ont. No. 6 Branch Poppy Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119128148RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.